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THE EARTHQUAKE ERA.
THE GLOBE IN ONE OF ITS CON-
VULSIVE PERIODS.

Something About the Earthquake. That
Have Devastated the World in tho
Past-The Wonderful Volcano of 7Iaunn
Loa In the Sandwich Islands.
To feel the very ground shaken is as if God
himself had changed his eternal attributes.
Yet the records show that the earth does
lose It's lxity, and that so often that ono
might well expect the people Of some regions
to look upon it as an ordinary event in life.
Disregarding the mythical accounts of
cities swallowed up, continents sunk beneath
: the waters as the lost Atlantis, and nations
destroyed in a day, we find in authentic his
tory numerous instances of earthquakes so
destructive that the mind is appalled, ut the
bare facts. In the great earthquake, followed
by tidal waves, which desolated the Roman
empire in the year 524, it was supposed that
half n million people persisted The coasts of
Greece, Italy and Africa were greatly
changed; the sea, retiring, left the bottom
visible, then rolling back with n great flood
it swept vessels and seq monsters far inland
1.-THE fish swan in the elm tree and the
anchor dragged in the garden" The great
earthquake in Calabria, in 1888, destroyed at
least 100, 900 people; that at Lisbon, a little
earlier, nearly as many; at least 100000 were
destroyed in 1868 in South and Central
America, and the recent horrors in Java,
Italy and elsewhere are fresh in the public
memory. Altogether it is estimated that at
least $4,000, 900 people have been thus de
stroyed by earthquakes since tho beginning
of history.
In the reign of Ahab, 900 B. c., and in that
Of Uzziah, a hundred years later, there were
considerable earthquakes; the Same region
was devastated in 81 b.. c., 10000 persons
l..-- M. l. .I..t,-A .l1no, a-l .~-,. -.
l15 A. d. the east was terribly shaken. Be-
tween tho years 1906 B. C. and 1919 A. D.. a
period of 3,44S years, over 5000 earthquakes
were noted in the public annals of various
countries. and with improved methods of OBJ
servation the list now exceeds 8 1000.
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i wish somebody who could would tell
me what special fascination there is in a
meager lunch, with tea or coffee, for peo-
Pile who spend hundreds Of dollars a week
to run their home tables; that ever the
wealthiest and best folks in society will
pull and push and almost tear each
others clothes off to get a cup Of poor
tea, or q thin ham sandwich, or a half
dozen raw oysters-sacrifcing breeding
self respect and all the usual courtesies
due from one individual to another on
such occasions for this modicum of re-
freshment? 1t may seem ridiculous, but
it is nevertheless true, that some ladies
have tasted for forty-eight hours to get
their nppetites in trim for an afternoon
tea or an evening entertainment where
they expected a particularly good table.
And when the evening came these
ladies were not alone with their unwhet-
ted appetites. There were others there,
too, crushing to the front themselves, or
sending their male friends to jostle and
jolt and struggle with each other for the
coveted edibles. Sitting on stairways
and clustered in Railways, bellies and mat
rons who would scorn such an indignity
in the privacy of their own houses, sip
their tea or surround the slippery oyster
and seem perfectly content. See the sac
rifices made for this little free lunch.
Ladies forgetting their manner and gen.
tlemen wrecking their nerves and putting
themselves into perspiration besides max
ing positive vulgarians Of themselves, for
a plateful or a cupful of refreshment that
might be had at any restaurant for Is
cents or at the utmost 25.-Cor. Globe
Democrat.
, 1887-03-13

All the northern and eastern parts of the
United States AVE been comparatively free
from shocks, though New England was
hnfly agitated In 1775, and the recent de
struction of Charleston, 8. c., Is fresh in tho
public mind. This was soon followed by very
light shocks, perceptible through the central
west. But the remarkable fact Is that Cali
fornia, especially that section near the coast,
has from the earliest times been an earth
quake center. Stranger still, the chief force
OF the disturbance appears to center in Monte
Diablo and about San Francisco, as that city
often has very disquieting tremors, while
Oakland, just east of the bay, has not q SILVER.
For somo twenty years past there has been
a noticeable increase In the number and de-
structive violence Of these shocks. In 1861
Mendoza, Peru. was literally leveled in less
than one minute, and 1900 people crushed
beneath the ruins. In 1883 there were earth
quakes, tidal waves and rising and sinking
coasts from Mexico southwark. In 1888 the
whole earthquake belt was repeatedly and
violently agitated. Southern Italy was re-
peatedly shaken, with the loss OF 5000 lives;
but the greatest havoc was in Java. The
world stood appalled, at the facts. Mountains
were sunk, assures were opened in the earth,
the sea overwhelmed the low lands, and at
least 25,0OO people were destroyed i'll that
island and the adjacent regions. There are
forty-ive active volcanoes in Java, and all
were in the highest activity, inlets from the
ocean were choked with lava and hot ashes,
and the water heated to n high temperature.
A brief era of quiet interviewed, and now we
have the destructive earthquakes in Italy and
the milder ones in Spain, and contemporary
with them the great eruption OF Mauna Loa,
in the Sandwich islands, where the ground
was shaken almost constantly for thirty six
hours.
Both Cannes and Monaco, which are shown
In tho cuts above given, aro well known to
tourists, and both were somewhat affected by
the recent quake in tho Italian Riviera.
, 1887-03-13

Returning home he studied law and was
admitted to the bar in 1888, removing soon
after to Arkansas. There he was elected
to the state senate us n Wing. Domestic
affairs called him back to Tennessee, and
in 1916 he was chosen mayor Of Memphis
without opposition. He raised n COM
pany for the Mexican war, but as the
states quota was full it was not accepted.
He removed soon after lin 1916 to Mariana,
west Florida. For three terms he served as
judge of the western judicial circuit, and in
1862 resigned to volunteer in the Confederate
army. He was SUCCESSFULLY made captain,
colonel OF the Sixth Florida and general OF
the Florida brigade, serving in the Western
army, and was wounded ut Risaca and Jones'
boro. After the surrender Gen. Finley re-
sumed the practice of law. Then came the stir
ring times OF reconstruction, in which he took
a very active part as a Democrat. In 1874 he
was the Democratic candidate for congress
in the Second district, and on the face OF the
returns had a majority over Mr.. Walls the
Republican candidate; but the returning
board decided against him. He promptly
carried his case to congress and was awarded
the scat. In 1916 he again received a ma
jority, was again declared not elected, and
again awarded the seat by the house OF rep
resentatives. He was reelected to the Forty
seventh congress, receiving IS, 105 votes to
his opponents II ,053; and is now continued In
public life by promotion to the senate.
Daniel Bedinger Lucas, appointed senator
from West Virginia, Is of old Democratic
, 1887-03-13

Nor does any region seem entirely exempt,
though some are nearly so. While Garth
quakes of a comparatively gentle nature have
occurred in all countries, there is one belt
which from the earliest times has been pc
culiarly subject to their destructive force.
This may be said to extend in a direction a
little north OF west from Arabia to Spain,
while on the other side of the globe n similar
belt includes California and the Sandwich
Islands. Yet some of the most volcanic
regions lie far outside of this belt; and though
there is certainly some connection between
the phenomena of volcanoes and earthquakes,
yet the activity OF the former does not neccs-
sarily prove liability to the latter. In the
eastern belt above outlined many remarkable
earthquakes are recorded. Besides those men,
toned in tho Bible, the city OF Antioch has
often been visited, the last noted case there
being in 1872. In 63 A. D., Herculaneum
and Pompeii were partially destroyed, and
some years after they were completely buried.
A long interval of quiet followed, though de-
structive earthquakes are recorded in lis,
in 45S, in 526 and in 5S7 A. D.. Another
era Of comparative quiet was followed by
what may be called the modern earthquake
period. Besides the many in southern Eu-
rope and the fearful destruction in Central
and South America, the western part Of
the United States was repeatedly shaken for
months, and the town Of New Madrid, Mo.
destroyed in 1911. Over a tract extending
some 800 miles south and west from the
month of tho Ohio the ground rose and fell
in waves, lakes were formed. assures opened
in the earth, the beds of the rivers changed
their levels, and the Mississippi iran up
stream" for a short time. That region still
shows some marks Of the CONFUSION. Tho
movements continued till March 12, 1912,
when they suddenly ceased, and on that day
occurred the awful earthquake which de
stroyod Caracas In South America.
, 1887-03-13
MAIL LETTINGS.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT..

WASHINGTON. ID. C., Jan. "a, 1887.
PROPOSALS will be received at the
Contract Office OF this Department
until 4 p. In. of April ., 1887, for carry
ing tie mails of the United States upon
the routes and according to the schedule
of arrival and departure specified by the
Department, in the Territory of Wyo-
ming, from July /. 1887, to June 30,
1890.
Lists of routes, with schedules Of arri-
walls and departures, instructions to bid
ders, with forms for contracts and bonds,
and all other necessary information, will
be furnished upon application to the
Second Assistant Postmaster General.
WILLIAM +. Villas,
Postmaster General.
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Only 90 per cent. of the population of
were returned in 1880 at $40 per acre,
and the average general product Of each
farm worker was $400. Georgia has rs
per cent. of her population on the farms,
and her farming lands average a per
acre, and the average Of farm labor il
$40 per annuIn. Chicago Times.
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1t is understood that a very important
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stock. His great
grandfather was
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ode Continental
days, his grand
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agent at Norfolk
ndc President
jefferson, and his
father, William
Lucas, was q mem
Der Of Congress
several times near
ly half q century
nnn Tho naw eano-
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in his native state.
About twenty years
ago no went to Now
Jersey and found
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somewhat lmper-
feet common school
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state. While pur-
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out, and, though
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manded them dur
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While a man lives in this world he sell
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Baltimore American.
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THREE NEW SENATORS.

Two of Them Appointed by Governors
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the Republicans of New Jersey in voting for
q Democrat for United States senator WIS a
matter OF surprise to everybody.
Rufus Blodgett, their choice, was born in
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CRAZY ROMANOFFS.
How insanity Has Run Through the ]
perial Russian Family.

How insanity Has Run Through the I'm
perial Russian Family.
In the recently published memoirs of
Count Vitzthum, of Eckstadt, proofs are
given of the hereditary character of
the mental disease which afflicted the
imperial family of Russia All the sons
of Gar Paul l., like that unhappy mon
arch himself, who was murdered in
1901, became subject to fits of insanity.
Paul l. had four sons-Czar Alexander
l., the Grand Duke Constantine, Gar
Nicolas l. and the Grand Duke Michael.
Every one of them, after his forty-ifth
year, exhibited undoubted signs of men,
tai arrangement. This was not fully
discovered in the case of Nicolas |. I'M
til after the Cars death. An English
physician, however, the Count says,
noticed the appearance of the heredi-
tary disease in the Gar as early as
July. 1858, and he then predicted that
the monarch had not more than two
years of life before him. This he stated
in letter to Lord Palmerston. The
Emperor Nicolas died in March, 1855,
about four months earlier than the date
predicted. The Count appears to have
no doubt that the Crimean war. so far
as it depended on Nicolas, was the rash
act of a ruler whose mental equipoise
was disturbed" None of the four sons
of Paul l. lived to be sixty years of age,
and every one of them suffered from
conclusion of the brain after reachin e
his forty-fifth year.
Alexander died at forty eight, mis-.
cradle man, moody and respondent, as
Prince Metternich has painted him.
s.tired of existence" His brother, the
Grand Duke Constantine, though not
manifestly insane. gave frequent signs
of mental disturbance, of which he
was himself SO plainly conscious that
he did not think himself fit to be trusted
with the reins of government. His
conduct in the year 1880, at the out
break of the revolution in Warsaw,
will remain to prove his mental I'M
soundness. He had to be entrusted to
the care of his wife, the Princess Lo-
wicz, who was cautioned in the same
way as is a physician in charge of a
patient having intermittent fits Of in
sanity. He died in his fifty-second
year from congestion of the brain.
The Grand Duke Michael was killed by
a fall from his horse at the age of forty
eight. Some years before his death he
had exhibited signs of undoubted mem
| tai disaasa and his physicians declared
| that he was on the road to certain in
sanity. The events of 1882 were
not calculated to allay the hereditary
dispositions Of the imperial family OF
Russia, but to excite and intensity
them. There is something terrible in
the contrast between the outward posi-
ton Of the Gear Nicolas, upon the ben.
of whose will the fate OF SO many mil
lions in Europe was depending, and
the alleged diseased inward condition
Of his mind. London Society.